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Hope Street Students Give Back

Hope Street Academy students are volunteering their time
this week to help make Sheltered Living’s largest annual fundraiser, the
Festival of Trees, a success. Students in Hope Street’s volunteer program,
United Hope, will be spending several hours each day performing a wide variety
of volunteer activities such as baking treats, bagging snacks, preparing
ornament kits, and assisting preschools and daycares with arts and crafts
projects.

John Ratzenberger,
Vice President of Development for Sheltered Living Inc., says “Hope Street has
been an amazing support for our Festival of Trees event every year. It is a
tremendous support for our organization just to have them come in and make this
event possible for us.” The students’ help precedes the door-opening on
Thursday. This year marks the 36th year for Sheltered Living’s Festival
of Trees event in Topeka. Proceeds from this fundraiser help support Sheltered
Living’s mission to “support the efforts of individuals with intellectual disabilities
to achieve independence and actively participate in the community.” We’re so
proud of our Hope Street students for offering their time and talents to
Sheltered Living.